§ 19. Mr. M. Lindsayasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he will require local authorities to produce figures of housing waiting lists in conjunction with their development plans; and whether he will reject development plans where the housing density is too low to make an adequate reduction in the housing list.
§ Mr. H. BrookeIt is already the practice that local planning authorities include an assessment of housing need in the data they submit to me with their development plans. Where it seems to me right to do so, I modify development plans so as to provide for a higher density; but before insisting on higher densities I must take into consideration the general character of the area and indeed the feelings of those who live there.